PU Sniper Going Rate?

[Willchef]

Evening gents. What have you all seen on a fair price nowadays for an authentic PU sniper in good condition? How much more would it be for a Finn capture?

[SA1911a1]

Prices have been too dynamic for me to keep up with. I would guess a grand for a typical Tula sniper, and maybe a little more for the [SA] stamp, but that may not be accurate.

[Willchef]

Prices have been too dynamic for me to keep up with. I would guess a grand for a typical Tula sniper, and maybe a little more for the [SA] stamp, but that may not be accurate.

There's a gb auction on now for a finn capture currently at $1,000 so so far that seems within your assessment.

[Darryl]

One fake sniper on GB going for $1,600

One for $3,699.99 that the mount seems questionable
I
didn't see the one with the SA marks on it, but, that would be one of the rarest PU snipers if it was really a Finn capture. There are maybe as many Finn captures as I have fingers on one hand.

Most are going from around $900 to $1,500 these days. I'm talking about standard refurbished Russian PU snipers.

Darryl

[Willchef]

One fake sniper on GB going for $1,600

One for $3,699.99 that the mount seems questionable
I
didn't see the one with the SA marks on it, but, that would be one of the rarest PU snipers if it was really a Finn capture. There are maybe as many Finn captures as I have fingers on one hand.

Most are going from around $900 to $1,500 these days. I'm talking about standard refurbished Russian PU snipers.

Darryl

Which one is the fake?

Here's the link for the Finn.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/896552583

[Miller Tyme]

One fake sniper on GB going for $1,600

One for $3,699.99 that the mount seems questionable
I
didn't see the one with the SA marks on it, but, that would be one of the rarest PU snipers if it was really a Finn capture. There are maybe as many Finn captures as I have fingers on one hand.

Most are going from around $900 to $1,500 these days. I'm talking about standard refurbished Russian PU snipers.

Darryl

Which one is the fake?

Here's the link for the Finn.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/896552583

Fake as my ex-SIL Boobs, a CAI put together.

The $3699.99 is a former banned member of this forum and the well known owner of "A sniper so rare it will cause a controversy."

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/a-sni ... sy.321767/

[Willchef]

One fake sniper on GB going for $1,600

One for $3,699.99 that the mount seems questionable
I
didn't see the one with the SA marks on it, but, that would be one of the rarest PU snipers if it was really a Finn capture. There are maybe as many Finn captures as I have fingers on one hand.

Most are going from around $900 to $1,500 these days. I'm talking about standard refurbished Russian PU snipers.

Darryl

Which one is the fake?

Here's the link for the Finn.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/896552583

Fake as my ex-SIL Boobs, a CAI put together.

The $3699.99 is a former banned member of this forum and the well known owner of "A sniper so rare it will cause a controversy."

https://www.gunboards.com/threads/a-sni ... sy.321767/

The finn one is fake too?

[Miller Tyme]

Yep, thats what I meant, CAI put together, the other one might be legit, but i dont even bother looking at that sellers stuff with his past track record. There are 4 or 5 sellers on Gbroker that could be selling a legit sniper and I wont know because I ignore there listings.

[Willchef]

Yep, thats what I meant, CAI put together, the other one might be legit, but i dont even bother looking at that sellers stuff with his past track record. There are 4 or 5 sellers on Gbroker that could be selling a legit sniper and I wont know because I ignore there listings.

Gotcha, so generally its best to avoid LSB's stuff?

[Miller Tyme]

Yep, thats what I meant, CAI put together, the other one might be legit, but i dont even bother looking at that sellers stuff with his past track record. There are 4 or 5 sellers on Gbroker that could be selling a legit sniper and I wont know because I ignore there listings.

Gotcha, so generally its best to avoid LSB's stuff?

LSB does sometimes have legit stuff, but they do not seem to always know what they are selling so with them never assume they know what they are selling.

For the other seller, he does know what he is selling, but he uses creative ways of describing things that lead buyers down the primrose path and should be avoided at all costs.

A few others to avoid on Gbroker are "and201", " OLD STEEL" ," Gunsrc"

[Darryl]

Here is my take on the "SA" marked PU.

One,
The Finn's never made a PU sniper. They may have captured a few, but those examples are extremely rare.
Here is my problem with the one on GB.

The Russians always used barrel shanks with the "proof marks" moved up to the top or pushed all the way to the right side in some cases. They never had "proof marks" on the left side where the scope number went (on Izhevsk rifles).
As you can see, the "proof marks" are on the left side of this rifle.
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THAT, is a dead give away that the rifle was a standard M91/30 that has been "made into" a sniper.rifle.

Russians (even when pushed) always took a little care in their machining on PU snipers.
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Also, 1942 PU snipers are a fairly rare deal. But not impossible to find.

To me, this is a very questionable sniper rifle. Also, that SA mark is a little "fiiy" to me.

Darryl

[Willchef]

Here is my take on the "SA" marked PU.

One,
The Finn's never made a PU sniper. They may have captured a few, but those examples are extremely rare.
Here is my problem with the one on GB.

The Russians always used barrel shanks with the "proof marks" moved up to the top or pushed all the way to the right side in some cases. They never had "proof marks" on the left side where the scope number went (on Izhevsk rifles).
As you can see, the "proof marks" are on the left side of this rifle.
.
side.png
.
THAT, is a dead give away that the rifle was a standard M91/30 that has been "made into" a sniper.rifle.

Russians (even when pushed) always took a little care in their machining on PU snipers.
.
top.png
.
Also, 1942 PU snipers are a fairly rare deal. But not impossible to find.

To me, this is a very questionable sniper rifle. Also, that SA mark is a little "fiiy" to me.

Darryl

I really appreciate yours and Miller Tyme's feedback on the gb "finn capture pu" before I got too interested in it.

[AMCHornet]

Refurbished authentic Russian PU rifles in nice condition were about $1500 a year ago.

[SA1911a1]

Here is my take on the "SA" marked PU.

One,
The Finn's never made a PU sniper. They may have captured a few, but those examples are extremely rare.
Here is my problem with the one on GB.

The Russians always used barrel shanks with the "proof marks" moved up to the top or pushed all the way to the right side in some cases. They never had "proof marks" on the left side where the scope number went (on Izhevsk rifles).
As you can see, the "proof marks" are on the left side of this rifle.
.
side.png
.
THAT, is a dead give away that the rifle was a standard M91/30 that has been "made into" a sniper.rifle.

Russians (even when pushed) always took a little care in their machining on PU snipers.
.
top.png
.
Also, 1942 PU snipers are a fairly rare deal. But not impossible to find.

To me, this is a very questionable sniper rifle. Also, that SA mark is a little "fiiy" to me.

Darryl

Darryl, the first thing that raised my eyebrows on this piece was the scope mount, was I barking up the wrong tree?

[Darryl]

Darryl, the first thing that raised my eyebrows on this piece was the scope mount, was I barking up the wrong tree?

Yes, there are a lot of "issues" on that "sniper". That mount is one of them also.

Darryl